Luis U. Muniz, 25, of 19 Fairlawn Circle, Shrewsbury, was arraigned last month on three counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of resisting arrest in connection with the incident outside the bar May 31. Police were summoned to the bar about 1:40 a.m.

Police reports said an altercation broke out at the bar at 1293 Main St., during which Mr. Muniz stabbed a Leominster man after a verbal altercation, and a second man was stabbed in the arm when he tried to jump between Mr. Muniz and the first victim. The third victim said he was stabbed after he made an attempt to stop the fighting.

Mr. Long, who said he was at the bar that night, said the stabbings took place outside the bar after most of the customers had already left for the night.

“We closed, we were getting everyone out,” Mr. Long said. “Nothing was going on inside that I thought anything would go on outside.”

He said he was told something was taking place in the parking lot and was told there was a stabbing. Two of his employees were outside trying to control the crowd, he said, as friends of one of the stabbing victims were trying to chase down the alleged assailant.

“I said, ‘Call the police and call for an ambulance,’ ” Mr. Long recounted.

Mr. Fusco, who said he was not at the bar that night, said he learned that Mr. Muniz was working for a Clinton landscaper and had come to the bar with his employer.

“To the best of our knowledge we’ve never even served him before that night,” Mr. Fusco said.

Mr. LeBlanc said he was troubled by the incident and the impact it had on the bar’s many residential neighbors.

“It’s been an issue, off and on, mostly off,” Mr. LeBlanc said, referring to the bar’s history. The owners have been in front of the commission in the past concerning complaints by neighbors.

Mr. LeBlanc said commissioners will review state police reports on the incident and compare them with Leominster police accounts, and he also requested that one of the victims be brought before the commission.

Mr. LeBlanc, who earlier said he was concerned about establishments with late closing times, said the alleged assailant had been in the bar about two hours before the stabbings occurred.

“They were in there long enough to develop a lot of courage and insanity,” Mr. LeBlanc said.

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